Robert
Oh, if we could have those days we once breathed: days before more base and profound passions than our own. Days before obligations. Days of spirits and beer, of wine and weed. Days when you fought for my beliefs, though they were never your...
Deviance
Should not our hearts and souls come first, when finding a mate and life to share, if not for the flesh, but love, we thirst? It seems so crass, what's beneath one's skirt or pants should determine such affairs. Should not our hearts and souls...
Compact and Extend
My parts inside still compact and extend: one at night, and the other with the day. Beneath your weight I continue to bend, though with far fewer pieces since this home has changed. If I asked, would you tell me where he's gone? If I asked,...
A cloudy Saturday morning, alone...
I sat in the rain today and watched the falling shadows play, making ripples come and ripples go. Standing water used to show a reflection of who I am, but rain drops crashed and broke me down. How can I be sure I'm me when I have no...
The Masters Chapter 15
"But I don't understand." Aaron Jones shook his head in confusion, leaning forward in his chair, "You like...JUST got your promotion, why would you quit?" And a few feet away, on his couch, William Masters nervously rubbed his neck, "I uhm...I didn't...
The Masters Chapter 14
The Masters... ...of Authority (October 4th) William Masters had gotten used to the look. It was the same look he'd received every morning and every afternoon for the past two weeks. It was the look Denise had given him every time he'd stepped...
A Warm Bed Chapter 15
Chapter 15 -- Ultimus (September 28th) Coffee. Scott may have been sleeping much closer to the brewing pot, but that didn't mean he was the only one who could smell it. Besides, the raccoon who was brewing it had very recently been...
A Warm Bed Chapter 14
Black gloved paws lay intertwined in a fox's lap, his eyes focused on their clasped fingers as he spoke, his story drawing to an end. And only a foot away, his captive audience of one -- a small gray cat -- sat huddled against a headboard, defensively...
The Masters Chapter 13
The Masters... ...of Commitment (September 27th) Hunter Thurman laughed into his cell phone, "Thanks a lot. Yeah, just let him know I'm almost there, so he can wait out front for me." He paused while the voice on the other end of the phone...
A Warm Bed Chapter 13
Chapter 13 -- Realis (September 27th) "I know, Jeff. I know...but I'll be home soon. I promise." Scott tapped his fingers on his steering wheel as he looked out at the street before him. He was less than a block away from a stretch of bars he...
The Masters Chapter 12
Chapter 12 -- Domini (September 23rd) It was just another Monday at Sibirskaia high. Bells rang, and students squeezed through hallways long ago too narrow for the mass of life they were expected to corral. Teachers robotically repeated the...
The Cameron Hotel Chapter 4
The Cameron Hotel Chapter 4 -- You Didn't Know? Orange fur shuffled as a fox stirred awake. Before his eyes opened, Alex's arms stretched and curled, hugging whatever was in them, as his legs kicked weakly to push off his blankets. When his...